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Parties & Showers

Wedding showers for couples, wedding shower games, engagement parties, bridal showers, bachelor and bachelorette party ideas, rehearsal dinners, hangover brunches… we’ve got ’em all! Check out these alternatives to traditional wedding parties.

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Bedazzled Penis Popsicles for your bachelorette party

Why are we teasing you with chocolate covered penis popsicles? Because we think it could make for a really fun bachelorette party activity. If you want to get your frozen delicious bedazzled penis pop on, watch this totally adorable and surprisingly safe-for-work video!

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Seattle’s Baby Van Beezly is the solution to your bachelorette or reception party nightmares

Remember the Offbeat Empire party? Remember how much if rocked our fucking worlds? One of the major reasons the party rocked so hard was because we had Seattle’s Baby Van Beezly spinning tunes karaoke-style. This the solution to your DJ woes, or the greatest bachelorette party ever! Find out why…

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Our Stereo Love Party or, How we fine-tuned our wedding playlist

Our wedding playlist was way too long. I’m talking, the reception and dance playlist was 20.2 hours long! So we threw a “Stereo Love Party” and refined the list with the help of our friends.

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My paintball hen’s party adventure

I’m by no means a pro paintball player — I just think it’s hilarious fun! So for my hen’s weekend [Editor’s note: aka “bachelorette weekend”], I demanded we go and play paintball for a day. I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate my upcoming wedding than by running around in the mud and shooting my best friends.